Casual, cosmopolitan, eclectic, five-star, techie, hippie, historic,
chic, intellectual, fashionable, artistic, and weird… The adjectives
used to describe Downtown Austin are as numerous and diverse as the
people who live, work and visit here.
Within a mile of the historic intersection of 6th and Congress Avenue — where Angelina Eberly fired a cannon to save the state archives and instead saved the Capitol
— you'll find a treasure of arts, culture and interesting things to do.
More than this, you'll find a center where government, education,
business and people come together in one of the most energetic,
creative yet somehow laid-back cities in the entire country.
Ask the college student who came here 30 years ago (he may be the
PhD. candidate waiting your table): there's something about this town.
People would rather do anything than leave Austin. It's the best place
to live, work, play or develop — whether it's a new mixed-use project,
a new nanotechnology invention or even the thesis for that dissertation
you've been postponing. There's just something about Austin, and
Downtown: As Austin as it Gets.™
